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Religious exemption from healthcare
In the United States under the new health care law, large corporations are required to provide health coverage to their full-time employees. Except many businesses with religious owners/founders are seeking exemption from providing contraceptive coverage because it violates their religious beliefs. So if I have my own corporation, would I be able to ask for…
We assign meanings to events because meanings give us clarity, and clarity gives us peace. Random events without meaning creates uncertainty, and uncertainty causes anxiety.
Tie the minimum wage to the cost of living
I just have a single idealism about wages and income - anyone working 40 hours a week should be able to support himself or herself and a child. If the richest nation cannot do that now, we should strive to be that. No one who works full time should be living in poverty. No one…
Novel genetic patterns may make us rethink biology and individuality
Novel genetic patterns may make us rethink biology and individuality.
Coming out of the closet
Possibly the best video I have watched all year. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kSR4xuU07sc
We term lions and tigers as savage animals because they kill for food using their bodies. And we call ourselves 'civilized' because we hunt with weapons for sports, and use guns and bombs to massacre millions for land and differing 'ideas'.
Who is a scholar? Part II
Scholarship is studying the entire tree, not a single leaf. Because if you are studying a rotten leaf, you'll be a "scholar" of rotten. And studying functioning leaves isn't going to give a complete picture of the tree either. My point - I am irritated by the liberal use of the word "scholar" just because…
Fear
fear...the most primal of emotions. it is an even bigger instinct than love. fear of the unknown in the bushes helped us survive predators. so everyone has fears, whether they show it or not. cowardice is giving in to fear and saying I can't do anything about it. courage is facing your fear, acknowledging you…